Ruling · Bahulā Caturthī · 2048

Thursday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 190 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Wednesday 26 August

Caturthī is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:18 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:57
15:5416:1816:4217:0617:3017:5418:1818:4219:0619:30

0 of 159 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 27 August

Taken. The only late afternoon Caturthī reaches.

16:17 sāyāhna beginssunset 18:55
15:5316:1716:4117:0517:2917:5318:1718:4119:0519:29

158 of 158 minutes covered

Caturthī presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Caturthī runs from 22:07 on Wed 26 Aug to 22:08 on Thu 27 Aug.

    2048-08-26T14:07:18Z → 2048-08-27T14:08:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:18–18:57 on the 26th, 16:17–18:55 on the 27th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Caturthī must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 159 minutes on the 26th and 158 of 158 on the 27th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 11423 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bahulā Caturthī, Baoding, 2048: Thursday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bahulā Caturthī 2048 falls on Thursday 27 August. Caturthī runs from 22:07 on Wed 26 Aug to 22:08 on Thu 27 Aug and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/bahula-chaturthi · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 Aug
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The rule, as data

/rules/bahula-chaturthi · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Caturthī
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 4 Bahula caturthi (Madhyadesa) (Sayahnavyapini: if occurs on two successive days, it is to be observed on the 1st day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceCaturthīSāyāhna 26thCoveredSāyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:07 → 07:0816:49156 min16:480 min26 Aug
Chicago09:07 → 09:0816:52160 min16:510 min26 Aug
Jersey City10:07 → 10:0816:57160 min16:560 min26 Aug
Port of Spain10:07 → 10:0815:50148 min15:500 min26 Aug
London15:07 → 15:0817:12167 min17:100 min26 Aug
Durban16:07 → 16:0815:2291 min15:2246 min26 Aug
Dubai18:07 → 18:0816:1036 min16:09119 min26 Aug
Delhi19:37 → 19:3816:140 min16:13154 min27 Aug
Kolkata19:37 → 19:3815:260 min15:26152 min27 Aug
Singapore22:07 → 22:0816:450 min16:44146 min27 Aug
Sydney00:07 → 00:0815:190 min15:19135 min27 Aug
Suva02:07 → 02:0815:380 min15:38140 min27 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bahula-chaturthi@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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